Original blue wrapper. 5 1/2 X 8 1/2. 27 pages. Taken from the colophon "One of 100 copies specially printed for the members of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco." This copy is a catalog of an exhibition held at the Free Library of Philadelphia. Copy is very clean and complete. View more info

Original white wrapper with blue lettering on front cover. 5 1/4 X 7 inches. 11 pages. Taken from the colophon: "This Keepsake has been hand set in Janson, with Scotch & Garamond as display faces. It was printed on the one-hundred and nine year old Gally Universal by Don & Kathi Fleming for the joint meeting of Roxburghe & Zamorano in the City of the Angels October 10-11 1998. The keepsake is presented by Harry Goff, David Myrick, Vincent Lozito, Duncan Olmsted, Mich... View more info

Original light blue wrapper with white paper label with blue and black lettering on front cover. 6 1/2 X 9 inches. 16 pages. Adrian Wilson (1923-1988) was an American book designer and author of the classic 1967 work entitled "The Design of Books." This keepsake is a record of the gathering of Wilson's friends at the Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park on February 13, 1988. This keepsake has a Prologue from Joyce Lancaster Wilson with Meli... View more info

Original white wrapper with black lettering and a black design surrounding text on the front cover. 1 sheet folded measuring 9 3/4 X 13 1/2. From the colophon, "Printed on Urabec-Hoffman all-rag hand made paper by Richard Hoffman for the members of the Columbian 415 Chappel, September, 1980." An Editorial Note from Carey S. Bliss is on the back page. Rogers (1870-1957) was an American typographer and type designer. Bradley (1868-1962) was an American Art Nouveau ... View more info

Original blue wrapper with black lettering on front cover with designs of logos. 5 X 8 inches. 61 pages. Copy tells the history of the following press, The University of California Press, Dartmouth College Publications, Duke University Press, The Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, The Louisiana State University Press, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The University of Michigan Press, The University of Minnesota Press, The New York Public Library (Astor, Lenox & ... View more info

Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering. Issued without dust wrapper.; 2000 copies printed. Short statements about the co-publisher of Random House by his co-workers, other publishers and authors. Issued at the 10 year anniversary of his death. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4. Unpaginated. View more info

No date, but published in 1966, Original sewn white wrappers, with lgiht soiling The Bible is contained on a single "photochromatic micro-image" slide contained in a holder after two pages of explanatory text. The technique was invented by NCR. The Bible contains both Old and New Testament and all 1245 pages. The slide is in fine condition. 2 1/2 x 3 1/16 inches. View more info

Publisher:
London, Imprinted by the Deputies of Christopher Barker: 1588

Seller ID: 019062

Condition: Very Good

Single leaf, 8 3/8 x 5 1/4 inches, tipped on to a sheet of paper 8 x 11 1//2. Ruled border around leaf and deckle edge at bottom with printed statement beneath: "The Holie Bible-1588. An original leaf taken from the Genevan version of the English Bible in use during Shakespeare's time. Printed in Black Letter and commonly known as the 'Breeches Bible' from the readin gf of Genesis III-7 ...'and they sewed figge tree leaves together and made themselves breeches.'... View more info

Advertising brochure for Joseph Conrad. No date, circa 1920s. 3 1/2" x 8 1/4" folded; 10 1/2" x 16 1/2" unfolded. Four pages, complete. Pages are clean. Very minor splitting at front folds in center. This brochure folds out like a newspaper. On the first page is a biography of Joseph Conrad. The inner and last pages advertise "The Canterbury Edition" which is listed as the first complete set of Conrad's works in twenty-four volumes. Josep... View more info

Original publisher's brown cloth binding. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4." Eighty-nine pages, complete. Paper title labels on front cover and spine. Pages and covers are very clean. Binding is tight. A book commemorating the 45th Anniversary of the Frederick A. Stokes Company. It includes a history of the publishing company and reprinted letters written by authors addressed to or concerning Mr. Stokes on the 45th Anniversary of 1926. View more info

Cloth. 550 copies printed by the Spiral Press. Illustrations. The acquisitions described in the pages of this book are the richest harvest gathered by the Library in any year since the Fellows began their generous assistance in 1949. The book is div ided into sections: Mediaeval Manuscripts; Early Printed Books; Bindings; Autograph Letters and Manuscripts; Drawings and Prints; etc. View more info

Issued as a Christmas gift in limited number. [14] pages; paper wrapper (3 3/8 x 5 1/8 inch) with title on the cover, sewn. Reprinted from Aiton's 'Antonio de Mendoza' (1927), on pages 106 to 109. Edited by T.W. McDonald with brief introduction and added notes. Scarce copy in very good condition. View more info

Original unbound typescript with holograph corrections in a gray paper folder. Typescript for The Short Story in English (1981). No date, circa 1970s. Folder measures 11 1/4" x 13 1/2." Typescript measures 8 1/4" x 11 3/4." 636 pages. Pages are very clean and intact overall. Slight chipping and minimal wear on first few pages. Walter Allen (1911-1995) was an English literary critic and novelist and was part of the Birmingham Group of authors. Alt... View more info

Catalogue 1. "First issued catalogue by John Swingle" from his Alta California Bookstore. circa the late 1960s. This copy was sent ot Harold C. Holmes of the Holmes Book Co., Oakland, California. 46 pages; illustrations; yellow paper wrapper, stapled (8 1/2 x 11 inch). Lists some 307 items and lots showing even then his thorough research and annotation of every item. Unusual item from one of the most gifted catalogers of Californiana. Clean copy. View more info

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